Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

There's something quite magical about a real, physical book, which perhaps explains why this antiquated media format continues to thrive in the digital age. Landing a dream client We all have a dream client: a brand, band or person we've always wanted to work with. But unlike everyone else on there, I didn't dare contact them.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It describes itself as a "Brave Agency for Brave Clients", which supports the likes of Google, Stella and Philadelphia. GUT is a full-service independent ad agency headquartered in Florida and with offices in the US, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Europe.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 4, 2022

Denise is a Wix expert, and the studio specialises in building premium sites using Wix across a variety of verticals including Restaurants, Events, Stores and Bookings. It has also leveraged Editor X and Velo for several client sites. I use it on my own website, as well as the ones I build for clients.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But first, you need to attract freelance clients. Because with so much talent out there right now, you can't simply rely on clients coming to you and offering you money. And if you can pull that off, and clients like that style, they'll have no choice but to come to you. Struggling to find your distinct style?

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 31, 2022

It's committed to recognising excellence in the discipline and connecting people from across the world through its annual awards, gala ceremony, international conferences, digital events, books and social platforms. So, many of our clients are deciding that if they have to wait, they may as well go bespoke.". Custom-made bottles.

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Creative Boom

MAY 12, 2024

The need to be different With AI tools now able to accomplish many tasks that once required whole departments, designers have to rethink what they offer to clients, believes Max. And that, ultimately, means developing a deep understanding of your client. "At Now we're using AI and can get a visual within half a day."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 29, 2022

Instagram is still a good visual resource or portfolio for clients, but it's the PR push that has been the most effective.". Go old school and remind clients you exist (and ask for help). It doesn't hurt to send physical mailers, cold emails, updated portfolios and other bits and bobs to existing clients. It all helps. "I

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We explain how to shift your work and clients in a new direction and give yourself the dream life and career you always hoped for. Either you pivot away from working with clients entirely (for instance, you might have developed a design or productivity tool in the course of your work and decide to focus on marketing and selling it to others).

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Just Creative

DECEMBER 6, 2020

8 Ways New Freelancers Can Stand Out From The Competition To Get More Clients. But, is this really the kind of client you wish to have? Going cheap is not the solution, especially when you are trying to get your business off the ground and gain respect from high-paying clients. Use social media to widen your audience.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

After graduating with a degree in illustration, she became a freelance illustrator, and since then, she has gone on to produce everything from logos to murals for various clients. When I tried to use digital media, I always felt like I was missing something compared to using traditional media," she reveals.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Market saturation and fierce competition This autumn, one of the biggest concerns among creatives is the increasingly saturated market and the resulting intense competition for jobs and clients. The main thing we'd say to that is that there are plenty of clients out there who are also finding it difficult to hire good people!

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Royal Television Society's annual two-day event by Studio Kiln We canvas a selection of design industry experts to learn what will be big in typography over the next 12 months. And previously reluctant clients will be more open to this direction when presented with the risk of not being seen in a sea of sans." His evidence?

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2022

After graduating in Creative Writing and Literature from York University in Toronto and earning a Post-Diploma Certificate in New Media Design from the Bell Center for Creative Communications, Kemp Attwood began his career as a designer at Blast Radius in Vancouver. How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Clients include Accenture, Arrival, Chelsea FC, Dickies, Kickbase, Napapijri, Nike, Nivea and Onefootball. They set a goal to expand into other leagues, such as Spain's La Liga, and envisioned building a whole ecosystem of content creation, events, and second-screen collaborations. As Kickbase grew and evolved, so did their ambitions.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 4, 2024

The bizarre event, which was accompanied by a parody website called Silicon Gables , was basically an inventive way for creative collaboration platform Air to get their message across. No more clients opening the wrong file and getting confused. Dropbox you’re fired', and even hired a fake news crew to 'cover' the event," he adds. "We

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Creative Boom

MARCH 13, 2024

In this article, we'll explore innovative strategies to help your design studio blossom, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve and captivate clients with your exceptional work. Update your website, social media profiles, and online portfolios with your most recent and captivating projects.

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Just Creative

MARCH 4, 2021

You might look back at your last few projects and see that the clients weren’t the type you want to be working with. Or you might not have any past clients to look back on and feel like you’ll never see consistent income. To help, let’s go over 4 mistakes that are keeping you from dream design clients and consistent income.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 7, 2024

Join specialised communities Not getting much out of generic creative events and meetups? And it's not just real-world events where this can happen. Online networking has recently become a game of diminishing returns for many, with the implosion of Twitter and the increasing amount of noise and abuse on social media.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

As well as undertaking work for clients such as Nike, Samsung and The BBC, she regularly creates and exhibits personal work. These new works combine my two main interests, food and nihilism, and explore media such as ceramics, screen-printed textiles, watercolour work and silk banners."

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Creative Boom

JUNE 2, 2024

On the other hand, freelancing also brings new responsibilities: the responsibility to find clients, manage your workload, and, crucially, actually get paid on time. Clients buy into people as well as skills." So why should a client opt for you, specifically? Clients are drawn to freelancers who offer something different.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 23, 2022

That small but significant initial step also meant Scotty started attracting customers from all over the UK while sharing his creations online grabbed the attention of freelance illustration clients like Microsoft, Kiehls and Costa. It's a real social event for me. Ceramic Trophie, 2020 © Scotty Gillespie.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

I'm looking forward to using it for more client projects in the future." It's another favourite of Haruko Hayakawa, who says: "I love Miro for brain dumping and collaboratively working with clients." It's our main tool to manage all our projects, including our Type Paris event and life in general," they say.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 17, 2024

Avoid the comparison trap In the age of social media and constant connectivity, it's easy to compare your journey to others'. Go to as many events/exhibitions/festivals as you can," says Steven D. So, it's essential to demonstrate to prospective employers and clients how your work can be translated into real-world applications.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

Social media is a blessing in the fact it allows us to connect and engage with wider audiences, but the opposite in the fact that big business can sneak their sponsored content into our daily scroll almost without us noticing. One of the first was an interior mural commission for The Leadmill, Sheffield's iconic live events venue. "I

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Creative Boom

JULY 25, 2023

Clients he's worked with so far include TikTok, Acer, and Porsche. I understand that AI has been a topic we've heard a lot about lately, I can't tell how many times I have seen AI workshops, online events, or talks posted on my LinkedIn. Who knows what brand, client, or project I'll be teamed up with next.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 29, 2023

The amount of involvement varies from client to client," says Sam, who's also delivered shows for Little Mix, Yungblud, Annie Marie and Skepta. That's especially so with some of the new artists who've made their way up through social media." Like other kinds of design, he explains, it's very much a collaborative process.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 13, 2024

Social media isn't what it used to be, especially for creative freelancers wishing to grow their careers. LinkedIn is fundamentally different from other social media platforms because it's overwhelmingly focused on work. "It It's not the best approach for client work, but it's been perfect for personal projects." This is huge.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 10, 2024

Her incredible work has already caught the attention of such illustrious clients as Adobe, Lavazza and UPS, to name a few. However, I love Tina Touli's work; how she mixes different media is amazing and always inspires me. Also, I hope to be able to speak at more events and conferences and prepare and organise exhibitions again.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Meeting new people, going to events alone, entering awards, showing work, these all lead to you talking about yourself, which builds self-belief and confidence.". One of my biggest confidence boosts is presenting work to clients," says Rebecca Hull. Consider deleting or stepping back from social media. Be prepared.

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Creative Boom

JULY 11, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking we need to be everywhere all at once, constantly updating every social media platform out there or checking emails every two seconds. You want to be attracting new clients and maintaining existing ones. Perhaps your social media strategy.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

How to Create a Social Media Marketing Strategy. A Social Media Marketing Strategy combines several marketing disciplines, including social media, email, search engine optimisation (SEO), website design, and content marketing. Social media is a relationship business. What is social media marketing?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There's no point, for example, in obsessing over how you once had multiple clients falling over themselves to give you commissions, and now there's silence. Stay informed, but not overwhelmed One reason you may be blaming yourself is that you're seeing so many success stories on social media, and that can skew your perspective.

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Just Creative

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As businesses continue to divert their budgets toward content creation and digital marketing, so does the demand for marketing images, infographics, video content, social media marketing, packaging design and website design. Event invites. Social media graphics. Event invites. Marketing images. Document templates.

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Inkbot Design

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

12 Ways to Find Potential Clients on Instagram Instagram is home to over 2 billion monthly active users. With such a massive user base, it's unsurprising that many businesses and entrepreneurs leverage Instagram to find potential clients. Intrigue potential clients to follow you for more.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Having built much of his career designing creative marketing for movies and TV series, from digital and social media campaigns to one-sheets and OOH, this has posed a big problem. "As One of their clients was a theatre, and we helped promote their cultural calendar of events, performances, shows and plays.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 22, 2023

When she's not working as a senior designer at Bustle Digital Media, Brooklyn-based illustrator, comic artist and designer Margaret Flatley is busy conjuring up her own magical narrative stories. In high school, I experimented with many different media – oil, acrylic, collage, coloured pencil, etc. 5 Micron pen and digital colour.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Check their social media profiles, post style, audience demographic and anything else you can get your hands on to find the style of content that will draw attention; and what will be ignored. Post it on your social media pages, tag them and send them a copy for good measure. return in media value. Next, do your research.

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